Student Work: Scholars Program Projects (2023-2024)
Students in the MCSC Climate & Sustainability Scholars Program had the opportunity to present their technical insights on their year-long research topics to academic peers and audiences of their choosing. In both oral and written deliverables, students communicated the significance of their research in various forms influenced by their chosen audience. These deliverables are included below, along with the research topic they spent the year exploring.
Value Chain Resilience
Melissa Stok
Materials Science and Engineering – Energy and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Paige Yeung
Mathematics
LinkedIn
Topic: Dynamics in a Model for Interacting Tipping Elements in the Climate System
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
Runako Gentles
Environmental Engineering
LinkedIn
Topic: Classification of Carbon Dioxide Injection-induced Earthquakes using Feature-based Representation of Time Series Data
Circularity
Sierra Green
Materials Science and Engineering and Music and Theater Arts
LinkedIn
Topic: Additive Manufacturing of Lunar Regolith-Stainless Steel Composite Structures
Gillian Roeder
Mechanical Engineering
LinkedIn
Topic: Scrap Metal Consolidation: A Practical Solution to Greener Steels
Daniel Tong
Materials Science and Engineering with a Minor in Anthropology
Linkedin
Topic: Development and Testing of an Anode-free Solid-state Sodium Battery
Nature-based Solutions
Eunyoung “Lucy” Kim
Computer Science and Engineering
Topic: Machine Learning to Simulate Peat Accumulation and Soil Carbon Storage Capacity
Erin Thompson
Computer Science and Molecular Biology with a Minor in Environment and Sustainability
Linkedin
Topic: Identification of Microbiome Organisms in Aquaculture Farming Conditions
Data & Computing
Maria Alder
Computer Science and Engineering with a Minor in Environment and Sustainability
Linkedin
Topic: Unified Machine Learning Tasks and Datasets for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
Yichen Gao
Computer Science and Engineering
LinkedIn
Topic: Sustainable Computing for the MIT Research Computing Enterprise
Urban Science and Planning with Computer Science and Music
Topic: Understanding the Sociopolitical and Technological Impacts of Biodiversity Data Sharing
Shreya Reshamwala
Computer Science and Engineering and Mathematics with a Minor in German Studies
Topic: The Total Costs and Implications of Generative AI
Kai Van Brunt
Physics and Mathematics with a Concentration in Chinese
LinkedIn
Topic: Automated Counting of Migrating Salmon for Conservation and Fisheries Management in the Pacific Northwest
Social Dimensions
Iselle Barrios
Engineering
LinkedIn
Topic: Decarbonizing Ulaanbaatar: Examining the Potential Use of Oxidation-Reduction Reactions for Household Heating in the Ger District
Mitali Chowdhury
Biological Engineering with Minors in Urban Studies and Environment and Sustainability
LinkedIn
Topic: Sustainable and Low-Cost E. coli Test for Drinking Water
Paul Irvine
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Major
LinkedIn
Topic: Paying and Protecting Government Interns Would Help Us All
Ananda Santos Figueiredo
Climate Systems Science and Engineering
Linkedin
Topic: Catalyzing Sustainable Food and Climate Systems Transitions in the Lake Victoria Basin
Samira “Sam” Salwan
Political Science and Computer Science, Economics and Data Science
LinkedIn
Topic: Labor Impacts of Climate Change
Climate Finance
Nora Donnelly
Mathematics and Finance with a Concentration in Spanish
LinkedIn
Topic: The Divergence of ESG Ratings
Management with a Minor in Statistics and Data Science
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Topic: Illuminating Private Equity Funding of the Fossil Fuel Industry